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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 437 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Same sound, different spelling): Say the word aloud — if two spellings sound the same, they are homophones. A silent letter often hides a homophone: knight = night, whole = hole, knew = new. Choose the spelling from the meaning.

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  1. 1.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) write (b) cell (c) hole
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) flour (b) won (c) here
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) passed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) flew (b) piece (c) waist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) allowed (b) weight (c) bury
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) aloud (b) mail (c) plane
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) toe (b) break (c) missed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) meat (b) past (c) flower
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) groan (c) eight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) maid (b) tow (c) no
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) by (b) sun (c) week
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) pear (b) sun (c) no
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) hear (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) brake (b) know (c) toe
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) meat (b) sell (c) knew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) rose (c) eight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) berry (c) there
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) flour (c) rose
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) know (b) hear (c) toe
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) tail (b) sea (c) break
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) see (b) peace (c) maid
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) week (b) no (c) rose
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) groan (b) one (c) new
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) brake (b) sell (c) rode
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) write (b) weight (c) steel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) past (c) deer
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) past (b) plane (c) deer
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) passed (c) break
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) bury (b) no (c) flour
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) bear (b) tail (c) toe
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) passed (b) whole (c) missed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) mail (b) deer (c) peace
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) blue (b) flew (c) road
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) won (b) berry (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) passed (c) their
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) brake (c) rode
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) weak (b) right (c) rows
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) no (b) toe (c) pear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) one (b) flour (c) wait
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) knot (b) dear (c) one

Answer key

  1. cell
  2. here
  3. passed
  4. waist
  5. bury
  6. mail
  7. break
  8. flower
  9. pair
  10. no
  11. week
  12. sun
  13. new
  14. know
  15. knew
  16. write
  17. wait
  18. blew
  19. hear
  20. sea
  21. peace
  22. rose
  23. one
  24. sell
  25. weight
  26. sail
  27. plane
  28. bare
  29. flour
  30. tail
  31. missed
  32. peace
  33. road
  34. hole
  35. whole
  36. weak
  37. rows
  38. pear
  39. flour
  40. dear

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